With COVID-19 preventing hockey fans from watching games in person this year, the University of Waterloo, Rogers Communications, and Sportsnet are seeking new ways to enhance the experience of watching hockey from home. They recently partnered to host the Sportsnet Hockey Hack, a virtual hackathon that challenged Waterloo students to design applications using 5G technology to deepen and enrich fan engagement.
The event was led by Concept, the University of Waterloo’s student entrepreneurship program.
Students from the Faculty of Mathematics fared particularly well in the competition. All three winning teams included mathematics students on their roster.
To learn more about the students, their reasons for participating, how they developed their concepts and what they learned from competing, read the full story on the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science’s website.